Ten Biggest Lies in History That Befooled Us (With Pictures)

4. The Dreyfus Scandal

In the French Army, Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish officer. He was incriminated in treason case owing to selling military secret documents to Germany. He was sent to prison on Devil’s Island. It was later revealed that the letter that had incriminated Dreyfus was a forgery. Maj. Hubert Joseph Henry eventually admitted to forging key documents and committed suicide, Dreyfus received a pardon. The scandal changed the face of politics in France forever.